🛎️ The FIT for the 21st Century Act, once implemented, will profoundly change the design logic and distribution targets of airdrop strategies, ending the 'wool-gathering era' and genuinely starting a new cycle of identity-driven airdrops.
After compliance, airdrops will no longer reward 'bots', but will reward 'real on-chain users'. To receive an airdrop, you must behave more like a user, not a script.
🩵 One, three key changes in airdrop logic
Target: Continuous interaction, identity, healthy assets.
Evaluation methods: DID, on-chain reputation scores, participation quality.
Airdrop forms: Bind wallet identity / Phase release / Reward continuous behavior.
🩵 Two, what specific changes are evident?
1️⃣ Anti-sybil mechanisms are stricter.
Compliance projects cannot issue tokens casually; tokens must have a 'legitimate purpose'.
Therefore, airdrops must be precisely distributed to real users, not to script-generated addresses.
Impact:
Multiple wallets, same IP, multiple chains for task accounts will likely be excluded.
Projects are more inclined to evaluate identity quality using DeBank Score, Gitcoin Passport, Galxe ID, etc.
2️⃣ On-chain reputation systems will determine airdrop weight.
After compliance, on-chain identity (DID) will become your 'on-chain credit card'.
Future airdrops will reference:
Do you have a long-term presence on Farcaster / Lens / ENS / Gitcoin?
Have you participated in DAO governance, posting, voting, or content creation?
Have you participated in quality protocols, staking, providing liquidity, or maintaining stable holdings?
3️⃣ 'Active behavior' is more important than 'number of interactions'.
It's no longer enough to 'click a button' once; it's about whether you continue to participate:
Tweet, like, write proposals, vote.
A single address participates steadily over multiple weeks.
Clearly use protocol features (e.g., LRT staking, lending)
4️⃣ The airdrop structure is more complex but fairer.
Future airdrops will be more 'compliant and refined', including:
Phase release: such as zkSync's 'claim part first, continue unlocking later'
Requires on-chain action to activate: such as EigenLayer's 'only airdrop after restaking'
Binding identity/reputation requirements: Only Gitcoin Passport qualifiers can claim.
Governance-based airdrops are more common: Claiming an airdrop = Becoming a DAO member, with voting responsibilities.
🩵 Three, how to respond: Airdrop new cycle survival guide.
✅ 1. Build on-chain identity
Register ENS, Lens, Farcaster, Galxe Passport
Link Twitter, Telegram, and other identities
Use NFTs to create 'wallet portraits'
✅ 2. Focus on high-quality protocols.
Compiled some projects considered to have 'clear compliance prospects':
L2 Track: zkSync, Scroll, Starknet, Linea
RWA Track: Ondo, Backed Finance, MatrixDock
LRT Track: EigenLayer, EtherFi, Renzo, Karak
Social Track: Farcaster, Lens, U3
DID Track: Gitcoin Passport, ZKPass, Galxe ID
✅ 3. Engage in real interactions + community participation
Retain assets, engage in real behaviors (deposit, stake, lend, mint NFT)
Post in the community, like, propose, participate in AMAs.
Join DAOs, write articles, translate documents, post tweets—these are now allOn-chain records + airdrop rewards.
✅ 4. Integrate platform task tracking tools
Layer3, Galxe, Zealy, TaskOn: Continuously complete tasks.
CharmVerse, Wonderverse: Contributions can be recorded on-chain.
Karma3, Karma DAO: Record your governance actions in DAOs.
🩵 Four, those who can receive large airdrops in the future:
Stake/use in high-quality projects for ≥ 30 days: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Have ENS / Lens / Farcaster identities: ⭐️⭐️
Participate actively in Layer3, Galxe, Gitcoin: ⭐️⭐️
Content output (writing/Space/translating) recognized by the project: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Non-bulk addresses, non-script volume: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🩵 Airdrops in the compliance period are not about 'who grabs it fast', but 'who behaves like a real user'—identity, behavior, and participation quality will determine if you can receive the most valuable airdrops in the future.
